Bed-canopy.



J. GONANT.

BED CANOPY.

APPLICATION FILED 13110.22, 1911.

. Patented N0v11,1913.

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Q/W g pnrrrgn srarrns Parana onmcn JOHN CONANT, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO CO-RAN BED COMPANY, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF ARIZONA.

BED-CANOPY.

Patented Nov, 11, 1913.,

Application filed December 22, 1911. Serial No. 667,291.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, JOHN CONANT, a citlzen of the United States, residing at Oak- 'land, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Canopies, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to transformable retiring compartments in which a bed,

and quickly communicate with a heated room, or one in which the air is of a diiferent temperature than that which the person has been breathing.

The principal objects of my invention are to so construct the compartment that it may be quickly and conveniently transformed to attain the desired results; to provide means adapted to exclude inclement weather from the compartment; to provide means whereby the compartments can be transformed or inclosed when not in use to give a pleasing architectural effect; and in all, an apparatus which comprises a minimum number of parts consistent with the efiiciency it is designed for. a

In the drawings, forming apart of this specification :Figure 1 is an elevation of the construction embodying my invention, parts being broken awaty to disclose details of construction. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on the lines 22 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a central vertical transverse sectional view through the compartment and adjoining parts.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the views.

The construction is shown embodied with the wall portion 1- of a building and is arranged in and about an opening 2 in such wall portion. For architecutral eflect and other purposes, this opening may be located under a Window or WlIldOWS 3 and in proximity to a balcony, porch, room of a bay window, or the like. In the drawing, I have shown a balcony 4 formed by the flooring 5 which formsa support for persons in the compartment and which may be a continuation of the flooring of the room adjacent to the wall portion 1, the balcony being provided with a balustrade for architectural and utilitarian purposes.

Adjacent to the lateral margins of openmg 2 I provide upright parallel members or walls 6, which are so constructed as to provide a track or groove 7 and weight boxes 8, the members being preferably hollow. EX- teriorly of the wall 1 the members or walls 6 are preferably formed to a curve, and on the interior thereof, formed in an: ornamental manner as the sides of a seat. I also prefer to arch the track 7 so that its crown is in close proximity to the upper margin of the opening 2.

A bed 9 or other article of furniture may be interposed between the members 6 and rests on the support 5. Parts of the bed may extend at both sides of the wall 1 through the opening 2, and when placing a bed in the compartment I prefer to so construct the, former without head or foot boards, and mounted upon rollers 10 so as to enable it to be moved in and out of the compartment.

The track 7 carries a movable structure or shutter 11 which may bepro'videcl with 4 weights 12 and 13, movable in weight boxes 8, and attached by flexible members, 14 and 15, respectively, to opposite ends of the shutter. The flexible members 141 and 15 being guided and carried by pulleys 16. Carried by the balcony 4 is a screen wall or parapet 17, which coacts with the members 6, and the shutter 11, when such is drawnin contact with such wall 17, to exclude inclement Weather from the compartment and room, and these parts may be of such construction, or so provided, as to retain heat within the compartment if such is desired.

The shutter 11 may be moved upon its track 7 to expose the floor of the compartment wholly to the atmosphere adjacent the exterior of the wall, 1, or to that of the room, and in order to exclude insects or undesirable substances from entering the on a spring roller 21 in such a manner that it is normally drawn upon the roller, but may be manually drawn over the lattice work 18 by a cord 22, which may extend through an aperture in the wall 17 to be in convenient proximity to the occu ant. The roller 21 may besuch as is use in connection with roller shades for windows and be drawn and cealed within the compartment by a movable partition designated as a whole by 24. This partition is so constructed to act in conjunction with the ornamental portions of members 6 and to serve as a seat when concealing the contents of the compartment. With this end in View, I hingedly connect the riser 25, seat portion 26 and portions 27, 28 and 29 of the back, rest, together and hingedly connect the seatstructure or partition to a ledge 30 in such a manner that, it may be folded and rest upon the ledge 'as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. When serving as a seat the partition 24 mayrest on and against cleats 31 carried by the members 6.

The operation of the device is as follows :When the compartment is to be used,

the partition 24 is swung as before mentioned, exposing the interior of the-compartment to the air of the room wit-h which it adjoins. The air in the compartment may in this way attain substantially the temperature of the room and the person retiring will not be exposed to the air at a lower temperature. As soon as the occupant of the compartment wishes to be exposed to the exterior air, the shutter 11 is moved upon its track 7 to a position shutting off communication with the interior and fresh air quickly fills the compartment. Thus the occupants have the advantages of outdoor retiring but when entering the compartment or leaving the same, are not exposed to the cold air. In case the temperature falls or it should rain, or become damp, the waterproof coverlet 20 may be drawn down, supported by lattice-like member 18 protecting the occupants.

I claim 1. In combination with a floor of a house, and a main wall thereof spaced from the floor to form a porch opening, walls at the ends of said opening extending transversely to the house wall, the floor being extended outside the house wall, a parapet on the outer adapted to be supported by the edge of the floor, a support on said fioor' within the house, a movable partition closing the opening between the top of said support and the main wall, a hood, means for movably supportin and guiding the hood such that one side o the hood rests in its open position upon said support and the opposite side thereof in its closed position upon said parapet.

2Q Thecombination of the outside wall of a living room and a floor, said wall having a porch opening extending upwardly from said wall, a shutter in the form of a part cylinder having its axis subst-antiall parallel to said wall adapted to occupy either an inner or an outer position with relation to said wall and adapted in either of said positions to close said room to the outer air, and a folding seat adapted when said shutter is in its outer position to extend into the space occupied by the shutter when in its inner position and adapted to cut 011' said shutter from the interior of said room.

3. A transformable retiring com artment oor of a living room and to occupy a porch opening in the wall of such room comprising in combination, a pair of side walls, a shutter mounted on said side walls, a ledge extending between said Walls above the level of the path of said shutter, a parapet extending between said side walls at one side thereof, cleats fastened to the inner surface of said walls lying in the path of said shutter and extending from a point in said path toward said parapet, and a foldable partition hin ed to said ledge, said partition being adapte to rest against said cleats and to serve as a seat, said shutter being adapted to occupy two positions in one of which it rests against said parapet and in the other of which it rests against said cleats.

4. A transformable sleeping compartment comprising in combination, a pair of side walls, a ledge connecting said side walls, a shutter supported by said side walls and adapted to occupy a position on either side of said ledge, and a parapet adapted to support the edge of said shutter in one of its positions, and a waterproof coverlet adapted to close the opening between said ledge and said parapet when said shutter is removed from said parapet.

5. A transformable sleeping compartment comprising in combination, a pair of side walls, a ledge connecting said side walls, a parapet extending bet-ween said walls, there being an opening between said ledge and said parapet, a shutter supported by said side walls adapted to occupy either one of two positions in one of which it closes said opening and in the other of which said opening is uncovered, a lattice-like member extending above the path of said shutter disposed between said parapet and said ledge,

and asubstantially waterproof coverlet supported by said ledge on the edge thereof adjacent said opening, said coverlet being adapted to fold up or to be extended over said opening.

6. As an article 'ofmanufacture, a transformable retiring compartment comprising.

in combination, a pair of walls spaced apart, a parapet extending between said walls near 10 one edge and atithe bottom thereof, a ledge connecting said side walls at the top and substantially centrally thereof, a hood pivotally supported from said walls and adapted to occupy either one of two positions on opposite sides of said ledge in one of whlch it rests upon said parapet,- and a movable partition normally closing the opening between said walls. y

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN CONANT.

. Witnesses: I V E. T. RAMAGE,

F. P. SCHROEDER. 

